New Automotive Application Note

New this month is an application note entitled ‘Crest of a Wave’. First published in Professional Motor Mechanic magazine, it looks at the role of the oscilloscope in diagnosing faults on modern vehicles.

Currently we are most interested in new biology and chemistry experiments. To encourage people to submit experiments, we will donate a DrDAQ data logger or ADC-40 for each experiment we use on our web site.

Technical Tip — Running Multiple Copies of PicoLog

PicoLog is designed so that you can collect data from multiple devices connected to the same PC, the only limitation is that data is collected from each device at the same rate.

If you have more than one converter connected to one PC and need to log data from each converter at different rates, you can run two copies of PicoLog Recorder.

Set up PicoLog for the first converter and save the settings as a PicoLog settings file (*.pls) e.g. fred.pls

You then need to set up PicoLog for the second converter and save the settings with a different filename, e.g. jack.pls

Quit PicoLog Recorder

Start the first copy of PicoLog with the command c:\pico\plw32.exe fred.pls

Start the second with the command c:\pico\plw32.exe jack.pls

You now have two copies of PicoLog Recorder running, enabling you to collect two independent data runs.

DrDAQ Data Logger With Built In Sensors — Special Offer

Each month Pico Technology offers a different product at 15% discount for orders placed through e-commerce. For details of this months special offer, follow the link below:

Software releases

Our latest software releases are available as free downloads. To check which release you are using, start the software and select Help > About.

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Testimonials

The kit (2408B) is of obvious quality, easy to setup and calibrate and the free to download software has a reasonable learning curve. Superb kit, superb support, what more can I say.

Rop Honnor

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Andrew

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It is a great scope. I had a weird problem - it did not work on one of my PC’s. Customer service gave me first class service. If I could give 6 stars for customer service - I would do so.

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A superb piece of equipment worth its weight in gold

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So simple to use & beats any other I have ever used hands down.

John D Samsing

Great functionality in a compact size. I really like moving the mouse pointer to a position and having the Time and Voltage display the values at that point. Calibration equipment is a breeze with that feature.